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* Koh-i-Noor diamond presented to Queen Victoria in 1850 * Diamond is one of world's largest * Indians have long demanded its return AMRITSAR, India, Feb 21 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron says a giant diamond his country forced India to hand over in the colonial era that was set in the late Queen Elizabeth I's crown will not be returned. Speaking on the third and final day of a visit to India aimed at drumming up trade and investment, Cameron ruled out handing back the 105-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond, now on display in the Tower of London.

York took a different approach in its second match against Hinsdale Central in less than 24 hours. In Friday's match at the Benet Invite, the Dukes had several opportunities to win before finally defeating the Red Devils in a hard-fought third game. On a sweltering Saturday afternoon, York staved off four match points to pull out a 23-25, 25-20, 29-27 victory over Hinsdale Central for the tournament championiship. The Dukes entered the tournament seeking redemption after losing to Benet in last year's title match.

(Refiles to fix typo on viewer figures, final paragraph) By Andrea Burzynski NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters) - After a season filled with celebrities, suspense, and of course, singing, NBC's popular TV vocal competition "The Voice" is set to crown a winner on Tuesday's special two-hour finale. Tuesday's season end follows Monday's final performance episode in which remaining singers Tony Lucca of Team Adam, Chris Mann of Team Christina, Jermaine Paul of Team Blake, and Juliet Simms of Team Cee Lo will each perform a solo number, then sing duets with their respective coaches.

Students from Chicago's Lane Tech High School won first place in the first Chase Urban Debate National Championship held in Chicago over the weekend, officials said. Lane Tech students Andrew Hobaugh and Nick Locke defeated 33 urban debate teams from around the country, said officials of the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues. The Lane Tech students beat out students from Atlanta's Grady High School to win the championship round Sunday in the Abraham Lincoln Courtroom at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Peyton Manning broke Tom Brady's NFL record for touchdown passes in a season with his 51st as the Denver Broncos clinched the AFC West title and a first-round playoff bye on Sunday. Manning threw for four touchdowns and 400 yards as Denver's 37-13 win over the Houston Texans, combined with Kansas City's loss to Indianapolis, assured the Broncos of top spot in their division. The New England Patriots' Brady set the previous record of 50 touchdown passes in 2007.

NICE, France, March 31 (Reuters) - Carolina Kostner finally produced the magical performance she had long promised at the world championships to become the first Italian woman to win the title on Saturday. She has been the standout female skater in Europe for more than six years, winning four continental titles in that period, and added the world crown to her collection at the ninth time of asking with a career-best score of 128.94 in the free skate. The 25-year-old's total of 189.94 eclipsed Russian Alena Leonova by more than five points after a classical and near flawless routine to Mozart's Concerto No. 23. Japan's Akiko Suzuki trailed in third with 180.68.

Crown Zellerbach Corp.'s operations in the Chicago area would be split along with its other operations under a plan disclosed Monday. Among the operations likely to go to financier Sir James Goldsmith are Crown's corrugated box plant in Carol Stream and its ECZEL computer supplies distribution center in Park Ridge. Among those operations likely to go to James River Corp. is Crown's paper and flexible packaging sales office in Park Ridge. Crown said it has about 150 employees in this area.

The Sports Xchange MLB not likely to bar Cabrera from NL batting crown Major League Baseball isn't likely to prevent Melky Cabrera from winning the National League batting title, despite his 50-game suspension for a failed drug test. The San Francisco Giants outfielder is seven points ahead of Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen with a .346 average entering Wednesday. "We'll see how it all plays out," baseball Commissioner Bud Selig told reporters Wednesday, after taping an episode of "CenterStage" for the YES Network.

MOSCOW, Aug 11 (Reuters) - With one giant leap Brittney Reese again rose to the occasion and became the first woman to win three long jump titles at the world championships on Sunday. Reese, gold medallist in 2009 and 2011, had scraped into the final on countback after a below-par showing in Saturday's qualifying but the American had no intention of losing her crown and, after opening with a foul, leapt 7.01 metres. It was the only seven metre jump of the competition and left Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare, who briefly led in the first round with 6.89 and later improved to 6.99 on her penultimate jump, with silver.